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Sto caricando le informazioni... Warblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding (edizione 2018)di Sneed B. Collard Iii (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaWarblers & Woodpeckers: A Father-Son Big Year of Birding di Sneed B. Collard III
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Ok, so I've recently gotten into Pokemon Go, and while this book has absolutely nothing to do with that, the kind of collecting/hunting adventure of a birding Big year was deeply satisfying to me to read about. It's not a fast paced book, but it is a book about people with a profound fascination with nature, and a willingness to avoid personal comforts in order to add to their lists. Explores different parts of the country, spends some significant time talking about the father-son bond at a specific part of adolescence (12), and about the life of a children's book author. Totally enjoyable. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"A humorous, lighthearted account of a father and son's Big Year traveling across the country and abroad on a birdwatching quest"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Long story short, this is more about neophyte birders than it is a Big Year. It is also a father and son story. Collard doesn’t claim any different, but it is more a small big year than your typical Big Year tale.
It is lightweight and a good enough read. I was hooked in the first few pages, the first chapter which was hysterical, but then things dropped off and remained fairly staid throughout. But it is also a short book so it isn't too much work.
As I briefly touched on above, neither father nor son are significantly into birding in any way; however, that does change. The journey itself is a result of having watched the movie The Big Year starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin. It's kind of like having watched the Clint Eastwood movie The Eiger Sanction, and then deciding that you are going to climb Mount Everest without ever having strapped on hiking boots let alone a backpack. Well, maybe not as bad as the extreme examples I listed, but along those lines.
In any case, father and son have an enjoyable year chasing and learning about birds in a handful of places in the US, and also squeeze in a side trip to the Galapagos (not counting those birds on their Big Year for some reason). There are some good insights, and the Collards are definitely kindred spirits.
One thing in particular jumped out at me; one of the primary hazards of birding is noise pollution which the Collards quickly found out (and duly noted):
"We slogged through the snow, trying to locate birds by sound, but a serious drawback to the location was that cars from nearby Highway 12 assaulted us with a steady stream of noise pollution - mostly from rigs pulling snowmobiles up to Lolo Pass."
[And at Placid Lake, looking for loons] "The woman directed us to a small parking area a couple of miles up the lakeshore, but the loons hadn't gotten the message to meet us there. What we did find were dozens of off-road vehicles, motorboats, and jet-skis roaring around and across the lake."
"'Why would you come out to this beautiful spot to thrash around on your gas-powered vehicles when you can enjoy just as much noise and craziness back in the city?' I said to the boys."
[He also succinctly summed up the problem (with most of the people on the planet).]
"It was a rhetorical question. Even at Braden's age I had never fathomed this concept of 'escaping town' only to make your camping experience as crazy, hectic, and noisy as your everyday life. Yet, more than ever, that was what millions of Americans considered to be the perfect vacation."
"Maybe I'm just not a good American."
[Yep, I've said the same a million or two times myself.] ( )